MEMBERS: Saudi Arabia Iraq, Cuba, China, Qatar, Angola, Burundi, Pakistan, Venezuela, DR Congo, Afghanistan, United Arab Emirates… Meet the 2018 membership of the U.N. Human Rights Council, elected by the United Nations with the mandate to “uphold the highest standards in the promotion and …

Iraq is running for a seat on the U.N. Human Rights Council Here is what UN Watch Executive Director Hillel Neuer has to say about Iraq’s absurd candidacy submission: 1. Ahead of tomorrow’s farce—@UN elections to its Human Rights Council—I will now tweet out from #Iraq‘s brochure. …

Vian Dakhil receives Women’s Rights Award from UN Watch’s Geneva Summit in February 2016 GENEVA, June 20, 2016 – Vian Dakhil, whose impassioned plea in the Iraqi Parliament brought the plight of the Yazidi people to the world’s attention, will tomorrow address the United …

Ten Years Later: Is the UN Human Rights Council Living Up to Its Promise? Testimony before the UN Human Rights Council plenary, delivered by UN Watch executive director Hillel Neuer, on March 11, 2016 Hillel Neuer, UN Watch: Thank you, Mr. President. In four days, this Human Rights Council marks its 10th …

Maryam Wahida made an impassioned appeal on Monday before a UN meeting on ISIS atrocities, speaking on behalf of UN Watch. The Geneva-based human rights group had spearheaded a campaign by rights activists, MPs and Iraqi minority leaders calling for the emergency session, with a rally, press conference …

Whatever their differences, the Sunni Islamist terrorists in Iraq and Gaza share a great deal in common: they believe in and perpetrate the killing of civilians in the name of Jihad, they despise the West and its culture of freedom and democracy, and they seek to dominate their subject populations …

UN WATCH STATEMENT TO UNHRC EMERGENCY SESSION ON ISIS 1 September 2014 Thank you, Mr. President. My name is Maryam Wahida, and I am a Christian born and raised in Iraq, where most of my family remains. I am privileged to speak on behalf of UN Watch. I have come here today, with my family, to bear witness before …